A light SW>3 at Harold Park this morning with full cloud after an early, short lived sunrise, at 7 degrees. Near dark on arrival and no photographic light until packing up time at 1000hrs. Way too dark for any photos at Park Dam at 0900hrs.
With thoughts of a Scaup at Harold Park, which was reported there yesterday from Birdguides, via NK, and then later on E Birds, I expected scanning through the Tufteds to find it. Amazingly there had been a massive overnight clear out of wildfowl with over 40 Tufteds, from a previous visit, down to one pair on the dam and none on the lake, taking the Scaup with them.
The Gt White Egret was also absent but turned up later in the day, reported on E Bird.
The dam held the usual Pochard as well as 9 Goosander, 2 Gt Crested Grebe, 1 pair of Tufted and the usual Mute Swans etc.
The park lake had several BH gulls as well as 12 Herring and 2 LBB, along with 1 Little Grebe and the usual Mallards, Coots and Moorhens.
Not brilliant for morning with heavy rain and a gale force sou'westerly blowing.
BS